Museums

The Fitzwilliam Museum Department of Coins & Medals – An excellent site, well worth a visit. Their Early Medieval Corpus is now on line – this is an attempt to record all single finds of coins minted between AD 410 – 1180 and discovered in the British Isles. Currently 2,700 items are catalogued. Details of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles can also be found on this comprehensive site.

Hunterian Museum – The new permanent numismatic exhibitions based on the renowned 18th-century cabinet of Doctor William Hunter, who bequeathed his collections to the University of Glasgow, and supplemented by later additions.

Dealers

Chris Perkins – Offers British Coins / World Coins and collecting accessories. Pre-decimal specialist in mainly Modern British coins (1760 – Date) but often other types of coins are available.

Simmons Gallery – Howard and Frances Simmons run the well known London Coin Fairs and deal in coins and tokens. Their gallery displays a large selection of modern art medals.

Spink & Son – Who – as one of the oldest and most famous dealers in the business – need no introduction. Their web site has been fully updated and now has a “virtual gallery” of coins for sale, all fully illustrated, as well as auction information and specialist advice for collectors.